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Posted November 20, 2012 07:05 pm - Updated January 22, 2016 03:40 pm

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LOCAL

All-Region 1-AAA softball team announced

The All-Region 1-AAA softball team was recently announced with several local players recognized. Earning second-team honors were Savannah High’s Shakera Roper; New Hampstead’s Cheyenne Crosby and Kara Heater of Islands.

Armstrong Atlantic State offering admission for toy

Armstrong Atlantic State will offer free admission to its next four home basketball games to anyone who donates to the Toys For Tots Campaign.

Armstrong will host four games in four days, starting Saturday when the men’s basketball team takes on Newberry at 7 p.m. The Armstrong women play Palm Beach Atlantic on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Allen University visits Alumni Arena to take on the men (Monday at 7:30 p.m.) and the women (Tuesday at 6 p.m.).

Any fan who brings a new, unwrapped toy to the game will receive free admission that day. Armstrong students, faculty and staff, as well as Pirate Athletic Association members, who already receive free admission, will be given a free Pirate T-Shirt.

Armstrong continues a campus-wide holiday partnership with the Toys for Tots donation drive, coordinated with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. In 2011, Armstrong collected more than 350 toys for children in the community. The toys will be presented to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve at the Armstrong holiday party on Dec. 4.

The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys and to distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community.

The Port City Pythons of Charleston, S.C., will play the LZ Titans of Savannah in a semipro football game at 3 p.m. Thursday at Optimist Field in Daffin Park.

Admission is $3, and youths under 12 are free.

NATIONAL

Jaguars sign another receiver, waive fullback

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed receiver Jordan Shipley and waived fullback Will Ta’ufo’ou.

It wasn’t immediately clear why the Jaguars needed a sixth receiver, but Laurent Robinson has missed several games because of concussions and appeared to slam his head on the ground late in Sunday’s loss at Houston. The Jaguars also have starters Justin Blackmon and Cecil Shorts III as well as backups Micheal Spurlock and Kevin Elliott.

Shipley has played in 18 games since entering the league as a third-round draft pick by Cincinnati in 2010. He has 56 receptions for 614 yards and three touchdowns. He played in one game with Tampa Bay this season before being waived Sept. 25. In 2010, he led all AFC rookies with 52 catches for 600 yards and three touchdowns.

Fight Hunger Bowl moving to 49ers’ new stadium

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The Fight Hunger Bowl will move from San Francisco to the 49ers’ new stadium once the venue is completed in 2014.

Bowl organizers, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and the 49ers announced Tuesday the annual Bay Area bowl game will move into the new stadium in December 2014. Construction on the $1 billion state-of-the-art stadium adjacent to team headquarters is more than 20 percent complete, the 49ers said.

The Fight Hunger Bowl, which is sponsored by Kraft, last year generated three meals for local food banks for each of the 29,878 tickets sold.

Officials used an Oreo cookie for the 2011 opening coin toss at AT&T Park, the San Francisco Giants’ ballpark, where the game has been played since its inception in 2002.